The beginning of a child prodigy
On a spring day in 1969, there was good news: Professor Gao of Peking University and his wife of a professor at Tsinghua University gave birth to a son, named Xiaosong, conveying the hope that this child would grow up to be as upright as a pine.
A family of university professors, a family of politicians. His grandfather was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his parents were professors at top universities. Xiaosong, who has lived in the garden-like environment of Tsinghua since childhood, has been familiar with some big figures, with an open mind and rich connotations. Because of this, his university dreams are also extraordinarily ambitious.
In 1988, the dream came true, and Tsinghua University, which was supposed to be in its youth, finally ushered in this prodigy. However, unexpectedly, in the second year of school, Xiaosong suddenly announced to his parents and teachers that he would drop out of school - he wanted to devote himself to his true hobby, which is also the vitality of teachers and students, with the old wolf who is also a college student.
The correctness of the parents' teachings and the inner voice of one's own mind are fiercely clashed all the time. However, true to his heart's call, Xiaosong finally chose a thorny path and formed the "Bronze" band with the old wolf.
That was the starting point for them to pursue their musical dreams from the bottom. But who would have expected that 5 years later, the song "You at the Same Table" would become popular all over the streets, and Gao Xiaosong would also establish the image of a "musical genius" in people's hearts.
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It was a smash hit, and people praised the "musical genius" Gao Xiaosong endlessly. The vanity brought by fame and fortune gradually devoured his heart.
Once upon a time, he only had music and dreams in his eyes, and believed that only Fang Wenshan could match him; Now, his eyes are full of ambitions for fame, money, and power.
Gao Xiaosong's private life is becoming more and more chaotic, he plays with his feelings, and has been entangled with actresses such as Yunzi, Shen Huan, and A Duo. He is arrogant and arrogant, and even threatens girls to submit to it by means of burning cigarette scars.
Marriage is nothing more than a frolic for this old fritter in love.
Until the drunk driving incident in May 2011, he showed that he had swelled to the point of lawlessness: in the face of the rear-end accident caused by himself, he not only did not admit his mistake, but also became extremely arrogant, taking out his US passport to escape sanctions. In the end, he could not avoid the fate of imprisonment.
However, even prison life could not make Gao Xiaosong sober. Soon after he was released from prison, he returned to his talk show, in order to attract attention, in the show, he denied China's four major inventions and beautified some historical sinners.
The audience was in an uproar. And whenever he mentions foreign affairs, his eyes will shine and he will be envious.
In the end, this fallen "talent" still failed to escape the fate of public condemnation and banning, and his program was suspended and disappeared from public view.
Refracting humanity
On the streets of Beijing, an elderly man walked silently in the cold wind with sleeping pills in his hand. His back was lonely and lonely, and the suspicious gazes of passers-by were merciless.
This is Gao Xiaosong, who has been reduced from a "musical genius" to a "joke", and his life trajectory is full of dramatic reversals, as if everything is laughing at his Waterloo.
However, putting aside emotional judgments, we can still see that common human weaknesses are at work: arrogance is easy to breed when you succeed, fame and fortune are easy to corrode the soul, and applause confuses people and makes people lose themselves.
Gao Xiaosong is just an extreme representative, and his life magnifies the common problems that you and I may commit. Each of us has stumbled on this road to a greater or lesser extent, lost our true hearts, and been seduced by external vanity.
So it would be too inhumane to condemn a failed person and laugh at it for fun. Everyone is three-dimensional and has a side to be appreciated. What we need more is tolerance and encouragement – just as the old man also needs comfort.
He also had time to regain his original heart of literature and music, to create, to tolerate. The touching melody of that year may be reproduced on a street corner. No one will fall in their life, but as long as they are brave enough to get up and continue to move forward, this is the beauty of life.
Although Gao Xiaosong has withdrawn from the public eye and even been marginalized, his life is far from over.
It is undeniable that after all, he had a glorious period of musical talent, when he was talented and his works were sung to every household. Popular hits such as "You at the Same Table" have grown up with a generation and are part of their collective memories.
Therefore, no matter how the elite literati look down on him now, who has been reduced from a "genius" to a "rat crossing the street", in the minds of the majority of fans, Gao Xiaosong has already stood and become a monument.
No one can predict at what turning point his future will be. Perhaps, five years later, one late night, we will hear a middle-aged singer in a street tavern opening his throat and interpreting a touching melody with his unique rugged voice.
Is this Gao Xiaosong? After experiencing great ups and downs, what kind of mature and profound singing experience will he bring us? We will wait and see.
A soul that has fallen to a low point will eventually be reborn one day. That's the most amazing part of life.